Delete all suspects by Donna Andrews

Author:Donna Andrews [Andrews, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: AI, cozy, detective, humor, mystery, SF
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Published: 2006-04-15T07:00:00+00:00

"Of course I've learned things," he said.

"For example?' 1

"I have determined that there's extremely heavy traffic to his k-u>." KingFischer said. "Not the ones in his basement — they're so quiet they might as well be off. But the ones at the co-location are quite active: unusually so. "

"Unusual in what way?" I asked.

"If he's really running such a small-scale operation, you'd hardly expect this much dataflow," KingFischer said.

"Yes, I would," I said. "It's pretty typical of a pornography site."

"Pornography?" KingFischer repeated. "He's hosting pornography?"

"Why does that surprise you?" I asked. "Frankly, we've all been wondering how someone as unbusinesslike as Eddie made even a meager living for a couple of years."

KingFischer was silent for quite a few seconds. I suspected he was sampling the files on Eddie's sites, instead of just measuring the dataflow.

"We should shut these down," he said, finally. "NOW! "

"Easier said than done," I said. "We don't have access to his servers."

" You could simply unhook the cable," KingFischer suggested. "Cut his machines off from the Internet. That would shut them down. "

"Not a good idea even if —"

"You can't POSSIBLY approve of this!" KingFischer exclaimed "It's DISGUSTING!"

"Do stop shouting," I said, feeling irritable. "No, I don't approve of it. Especially since I suspect we'll have a hard time finding a human to take a look at the stuff to determine whether it's the sort of pornography that's legal or something that will get us in trouble."

"Trouble, I'm sure," KingFischer said. Typical of him, expecting | the worst. And unless he'd made far more progress than I had in

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